[Elecraft] EC1 enclosures
I would like to know if anyone has 2 or 3 EC1 enclosures they wish to part with, and what price they wish to sell them for. WB4NMR sent from my MacBook Pro Dan Swartling dsw...@tntech.edu __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] European source of coax assemblies
I've used Gigatronix for professional and personal use: not expensive and very easy to order direct from their online configurator. Particularly good for European customers. http://www.gigatronix.co.uk/default.php?_minc=home David G3UNA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] European source of coax assemblies
Rhophase are also good, bought a lot from them over the years and they have never let me down. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 28 Apr 2013, at 11:36, David Cutter d.cut...@ntlworld.com wrote: I've used Gigatronix for professional and personal use: not expensive and very easy to order direct from their online configurator. Particularly good for European customers. http://www.gigatronix.co.uk/default.php?_minc=home David G3UNA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [K3-KPA500] SWR jumps up with 5 second key down
All, I think I've finally found the cause of my problem. The PVC spacer that goes around the driven element where it is attached to the boom plate has a cut down one side to to allow it to compress when tightened with a u-bolt. What I could not notice until I totally dismantled the element was that the split was full of carbon as was the mounting plate along the length of the split. I am assuming that the split which was facing up filled up with water and helped create an arc between the driven element and mounting plate. Mike VK1OO - Cheers Mike VK1OO (ex AC7MZ, VK1KCK) K2: 2599 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-KPA500-SWR-jumps-up-with-5-second-key-down-tp7557071p7573168.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
Generally it depends on what you're doing in your radio hobby. Practically all types of connectors can be (and have been) used for our amateur radio purposes with more than acceptable results. When it comes to RF measurements that need to be done repeatedly with high precision (especially impedance measurements), all the mentioned companies are using N/SMA connectors, having in mind the limited mating cycles and necessity of calibration procedures. Lower cost connectors doesn't have a controlled impedance throughout the connector body, and also doesn't have clear impedance plane. From the other side most of them are easy to be understood/assembled/repaired by the average Joe even without special skills/tools, which definitely helps people to experiment :D. And finally - I personally don't mind about the Elecraft connectors choice. I usually check the vendor docs before buying some equipment, and if the connectors are different than the ones in my setup, then I'll just buy the adapter and live with it :D. Kind regards, Nikolay / LZ1NRD - Цитат от amsct...@comcast.net, на 27.04.2013 в 03:00 - Engineering perspective? I'm an MSEE, have been working with BNC connectors for thirty years and I don't have issue with their use on HF radio gear. If they're good enough for Agilent, Rohde and Schwarz, Anritsu, et al, they're good enough for a 10W HF transceiver. Mike Alexander - N8MSA amsct...@comcast.net - Страхотни Великденски намаления на Adidas,Puma,Nike,Lotto,Reebok,Champion в магазини SportDepot! Виж тук http://www.sportdepot.bg/bg?utm_source=mailbgutm_medium=footer_easterpromoutm_campaign=easterpromo __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] best NR NB settings CW/SSB
several months ago... someone posted a wonderful article on the meanings and or purpose of each of the settings for NB and NR and what they will accomplish at the chosen setting... cw settings are different then ssb...etc etc etc... I have search the archives with no luck would anyone have this article? scott w2ntv __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] FS: K3 + LP-Pan2 + Emu204
Second attempt. I have for sale a factory assembled like new K3 as outlined below with a LP-Pan2 and Emu 204 sound card. Serial number is 6287. Radio was purchased about 1 year ago. Package with current prices if bought new. K3/100-FK3 100W TRANSCEIVER-ASSEMBLED$2349.95 KAT3-F K3 ATU FACTORY INSTALLED 349.95 KXV3ARX ANT., IF OUT AND XVERTER INTERFACE 119.95 KFL3A-400 K3 400HZ, 8 POLE FILTER (2 EACH) 279.90 KRX3-F K3 2ND RX FACTORY INSTALLED 679.95 KBPF3 K3 GENERAL COVERAGE RX MODULE 159.95 K3 COST New $3939.65 + shipping LP-PAN2 250.00 EMU 204 SOUND CARD 120.00 TOTAL PACKAGE PRICE NEW $4309.65 + shipping Make a reasonable offer. Questions to nineback at gmail.com. Tom KQ5S __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
In my emergency go kit I have adapters to convert the SMA-F on my FT-60 to: UHF-F BNC-F N-F and N-M In addition the Little Tarheel antenna mount in the 4Runner which is a Diamond K400 has mini-UHF connectors. Sometimes I think that some manufacturers invent a new connector type to lock their users in, or at least corner the market in adapters. I'm sure Apple does that and since Phil Parrish - W4AIN www.myhamcables.com could not find the 7 pin microphone connector used by my Yaesu FTM-10R or even order one from Yaesu, I think Yaesu does it as well. I'm happy when I already have the adapters I need for a new piece of equipment. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 4/28/13 at 6:12 AM, picmas...@mail.bg wrote: Practically all types of connectors can be (and have been) used for our amateur radio purposes with more than acceptable results. --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Noob build question
Hi Don, thanks for the reply. I mounted the acrylic cover on the outside per the instructions but I think I've found the problem. The 5 pots have little plastic nubbins sticking up on their shoulders, part of the moulding process it seems. These plastic bits stick up just far enough to stop the face from seating properly. I took my flush cutting snips and cut them off level with the metal frame and now the front panel seats properly. I'm sorry I can't measure my LED Bargraph, I got cocky last night after this discovery and mounted and soldered the encoder so it's all buttoned up now. Thanks a lot for the help, hopefully it will work properly when assembled with the rest of the front. Now to stuff the RF board a bit and do some basic functionality tests !! Thanks all, cheers and 73dave / VE7SGI. - Original Message - From: Don Wilhelm d...@w3fpr.com To: David Fee f...@sfu.ca Cc: Dale Putnam daleput...@hotmail.com Sent: Sunday, 28 April, 2013 06:27:27 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Fwd: Noob build question David, I just measured an LED Bargraph, it is 0.317 inches high. There should be more than enough clearance. Is there any chance you mounted the acrylic cover on the inside of the front panel? It should mount on the outside. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/28/2013 8:52 AM, Dale Putnam wrote: Hi David, Well, burst my bubble.. I thought I had notes about this, cover not fitting correctly, I've seen it on a K2, but I can't find that right off this morning. I am still looking, maybe if Don is watching, he will chime in with the answer. I'll keep searching here too. Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy Hi Dale, thanks for the answer. Yes, I was very careful to make sure all of the switches were soldered with the spacer underneath them. The front panel board rocks on what appears to be the led bargraph. I checked the height of the bargraph and it's about 1.5 mm higher than the LCD freq. display. My choices seem to be A) cut down the feet on the led bargraph so it site lower - even with the LCD display -or- B) space up the while board to fit the led bargraph - which will make the buttong flush with the front surface. Hm. Thanks, cheers and 73dave / VE7SGI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] WTB K-2 100
If you are looking to sell a K-2 before Dayton so you have some extra cash for stuff or want to get a K-3 or other Elecraft gem, I am looking for a K2 with 160-10M coverage. I prefer that it have 60M, but I realize that's rare. Must have SSB and mic and several of the more common features. Would like a 100W model with ATU, however will consider the 10W with ATU if the price is right. Will consider rigs with S/Ns over 3,000. The higher the number the better. I have owned 2 K-2s in the past, as well as a K1 and KX1. I'm down to the T1 at the moment and, in spite of going through several different other brand rigs during the past few years, have been unable to find anything that equals Elecraft quality. A K3 would be my dream except I can't afford one. Can pay by credit union bank check, USPS money order or PayPal. If you have one to sell, please contact me at reston...@gmail.com with details, to include S/N (at least first 2 digits) and age, aswell as whether you are the builder. Of course, electrical and physical condition are very important. 72/72 Tnx, Steve, N4EUK Reston, VA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 has a ping noise
Good afternoon all, while operating my KX3 when the keyer is released I hear a ping in my headphones. It happens on 21, 28 and 18Mhz, I have changed the headphones and also put the KX3 on a dummy load as well. Not sure if I inadvertently tuned on some type of option? Mike VE3WDM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] lp pan and Yamaha UR22 sound card forsale also.
lp pan and Yamaha UR22 sound card forsale also. E mail me off the list. Thanks Ed Wp4o w...@tampabay.rr.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] signalink usb and cable for sale aslo K3 serial Number 69xx
Hi Gang I have 2 slightly used new signalink Usb and comes with K3 chip and line in/out cable 75 dollars for each one shipped. Also have a 5 month old Factory assembled K3 with sub receiver and kxv3a-F/ KAT3-F and microphone for sale 2 500 CW FILTERS. 73 Ed, Wp4o, Tampa florida w...@tampabay.rr.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
Just one more comment on this topic: Ron addressed marine use. My former job of 15-years was working as lead electronic tech for an oil spill recovery organization whose primary region of operation is Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska (200 by 30 mile body of salt water). Electronics installed on boats ranging from 25-foot to 210-foot provided an excellent outdoor laboratory for testing cables and connections. Anything exposed would corrode within three years. I sealed coax connectors of all types by using a gray annealing tape from 3M (Scotch 30, I believe) which was covered with a double wrap of Scotch-33+. Not all electrical tape is the same and the 33 has more stretch in cold wx. Cheap electric tape would get brittle and either break or crack. I also used heat-shrink on some coax connections. Both provided excellent service in a 100% humidity salt-water atmosphere. I unwrapped some after 5-years service and were still bright and clean. DC wiring is more problematic when it typically ties to terminal strips. Some experimentation with paint-on coatings worked but not universally used as DC wiring needs to remain removable for servicing. Some marine radios and radars provide rubber boots over connectors. They were of marginal success. Keeps direct spray off but not sealing from salt vapor. Most marine electronics has greatly improved connections so that they are molded multi-pin design and water-tight these days. Lots of gaskets used in marine electronic cabinetry/enclosures. I prefer to use N connections on VHF and higher frequencies as they self-seal to an extent using an internal gasket. But always seal over, as described above, as well. I have over 20 N-connectors in my 2m-eme system, alone. I primarily use LMR cable from Times Microwave (and some RG-213 and Heliax). RG-58, RG-8/x, and LMR-240 is used with BNC or N connectors mostly for short jumpers. UHF connectors are used on equipment having those style connectors, since adapters typically add some loss and unreliability. It pays to buy quality for adapters; cheap ones have SWR and high insertion losses. You get what you pay for (generally). Hardline connectors, properly sealed, last for over a decade. 73, Ed - KL7UW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 has a ping noise
Mine a has a similar effect that I noticed during /P in QRPTTF yesterday. Possibly RF getting back into the rig ? Was using open wire feedline and a 4:1 balun. 72, Dave __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 has a ping noise
Hi Dave thanks for taking the time to get back to me. I thought the same but it also does in with the dummy load as well with the power set at 0. Mike -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-has-a-ping-noise-tp7573175p7573180.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
Did you perhaps mean Scotch #70 self-fusing silicon rubber tape? I have used it for years to seal connections, never opened one (after up to 25 years of service) that looked anything other than brand new. Expensive, but it works like nothing else. When properly installed and over-wrapped with either Scotch 88 or Scotch 33+, connections become next to invulnerable. Hint: Put a black ty-wrap over the end(s) of the over-wrap tape to keep it from working loose in wind and weather. - Jim, KL7CC On 4/28/2013 11:02 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: Just one more comment on this topic: Ron addressed marine use. My former job of 15-years was working as lead electronic tech for an oil spill recovery organization whose primary region of operation is Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska (200 by 30 mile body of salt water). Electronics installed on boats ranging from 25-foot to 210-foot provided an excellent outdoor laboratory for testing cables and connections. Anything exposed would corrode within three years. I sealed coax connectors of all types by using a gray annealing tape from 3M (Scotch 30, I believe) which was covered with a double wrap of Scotch-33+. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 has a ping noise
It's all figured outI had dual watch on (not sure how that happened) it seemed when VFO B was close to VFO A then the ping effect happened. Turned off dual watch and all is well now. Mike -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-has-a-ping-noise-tp7573175p7573182.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 panadapter
1 - I would like panadapter software for linux; can't find any that I could get to work. Any suggestions? 2- NaP3 (windows-7) works OK but has a bug: the panadapter center frequency changes at seemingly random intervals, within about plus or minus 3 KHz. The author claims that this is due to a bug in KX3 firmware. Does anyone have any info or suggestions? If it is clearly a bug in KX3 firmware I'd like to discuss it with Elecraft. Glen, KG0T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 Additional functions in Menu CW WGHT
Hello All In preparation of this contest weekend I have noticed that the additional function in the cw wght menu , tap 2, is not yet available. The '@' character can't be chosen to stop cw transmitting. This makes software like RUMped unusable for cw activity with the KX3 as the '@' is just sent as part of the text. Will this function be available in the near future? 73, Gerald HB9CEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-k, S/N 2917!
Hi Jim, I have not seen any reportings of this kind but mind you it's a real computer:-) Like computers you sometimes need to reboot. I see now that you use the correct return address in your mail, it arrived ok with me albeit the stars are still there due to your use of markup in the mails. The reflector strips them as I said previously. Oh and it's voilà...;-) French for: Here you are. 72/73 Peter Op 2013-04-26 19:04 schreef Jim Harris: *Now here is another mysterious twist! I had resigned myself I was going to have to box up my KX3 to send off for repair. But then I thought I would give a try to that wonderful RESTORE option in the Utility before I resorted to such a drastic move. (I had restored my K3 to operation in the past with this option/procedure with another Beta version of the K3 Firmware: I didn't report this malfunction and I should have!) I went through the operation of a RESTORE of my saved configuration (v1.44 Beta) and jwalah (? - spelling but you get the point), my KX3 came back to life.* *Is this a flaw in Beta v1.44 Version of the Firmware?* *Best 72 73.* *Jim..* *WA4NTM* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Additional functions in Menu CW WGHT
Should RUMped not use another control character instead? In my view @ has a valid morse code counterpart (.--.-.) so should be sent as is in text? 73, Peter Op 2013-04-28 22:19 schreef Gerald Eberle: The '@' character can't be chosen to stop cw transmitting. This makes software like RUMped unusable for cw activity with the KX3 as the '@' is just sent as part of the text. Will this function be available in the near future? 73, Gerald HB9CEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 panadapter
have a look at Quisk. SDR software written for Linux. http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/ 73, Peter at 2013-04-28T22:18 glen worstell wrote: 1 - I would like panadapter software for linux; can't find any that I could get to work. Any suggestions? 2- NaP3 (windows-7) works OK but has a bug: the panadapter center frequency changes at seemingly random intervals, within about plus or minus 3 KHz. The author claims that this is due to a bug in KX3 firmware. Does anyone have any info or suggestions? If it is clearly a bug in KX3 firmware I'd like to discuss it with Elecraft. Glen, KG0T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3-k, S/N 2917!
There have been some reports of lost audio with beta 1.44 -- here is a summary from Wayne: KX3 beta (1.44) update: possible problem with DUAL RX in combination with NR and/or Autonotch With the combination of DUAL RX and NR or Autonotch, you may have loss of audio, see DSPT (DSP timeout) or ERR DSX (DSP communications error). Turning the radio off/on will clear any of these conditions. This can happen when turning the controls on or off, or on exit from an ATU tune, etc. We're looking into this. Until we release new firmware, please avoid using these features in combination. 73, Matt VK2RQ. On 29/04/2013, at 6:25 AM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) pa0...@xs4all.nl wrote: Hi Jim, I have not seen any reportings of this kind but mind you it's a real computer:-) Like computers you sometimes need to reboot. I see now that you use the correct return address in your mail, it arrived ok with me albeit the stars are still there due to your use of markup in the mails. The reflector strips them as I said previously. Oh and it's voilà...;-) French for: Here you are. 72/73 Peter Op 2013-04-26 19:04 schreef Jim Harris: *Now here is another mysterious twist! I had resigned myself I was going to have to box up my KX3 to send off for repair. But then I thought I would give a try to that wonderful RESTORE option in the Utility before I resorted to such a drastic move. (I had restored my K3 to operation in the past with this option/procedure with another Beta version of the K3 Firmware: I didn't report this malfunction and I should have!) I went through the operation of a RESTORE of my saved configuration (v1.44 Beta) and jwalah (? - spelling but you get the point), my KX3 came back to life.* *Is this a flaw in Beta v1.44 Version of the Firmware?* *Best 72 73.* *Jim..* *WA4NTM* __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 panadapter
I use Quisk with my Hunter SDR Rx / Panadapter. I am running Linux Mint 64 bit with the Mate Desktop. Quisk seems to work quite well. cheers Dave Dave Jones VK4FD glen worstell wrote, on 29/04/13 06:18: 1 - I would like panadapter software for linux; can't find any that I could get to work. Any suggestions? 2- NaP3 (windows-7) works OK but has a bug: the panadapter center frequency changes at seemingly random intervals, within about plus or minus 3 KHz. The author claims that this is due to a bug in KX3 firmware. Does anyone have any info or suggestions? If it is clearly a bug in KX3 firmware I'd like to discuss it with Elecraft. Glen, KG0T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS
In response to the Dick Knadle (K2RIW) article concerning UHF connector losses at VHF/UHF frequencies, local Fauquier Amateur Radio Association club member John Huggins, KX4O wrote: I challenge it because I did make the measurements... http://www.hamradio.me/connectors/uhf-connector-test-results.html John's test results and graphics make for even more interesting reading on the topic of UHF connectors. 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = On 4/27/2013 8:10 AM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote: http://www.wa1mba.org/UHFconn.htm This is an excellent piece of work, Bob. Very solid science and very good practical application of it. Many thanks for posting it. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Additional functions in Menu CW WGHT
Hello Gerald, I did not know this... I don't use any software to control my K2 or KX3 but I was aware that the @ character exists in Morse code and therefore I assumed it should not be used as a control character. I did not look it up in the manual. If this could be solved in the KX3 firmware then your request is ok, of course. I also did not know that the software you use is no longer supported by it's developers. Pity that these characters cannot be picked and set in an initialisation file so that the user can decide what key sequences can be used for what function. Good luck in finding a solution! Best 73, Peter - PA0PJE Op 2013-04-28 23:07 schreef Gerald Eberle: Hello Peter Well, that only looks like another way for a solution. But the KX3 manual describes exactly this point in detail how to choose between the usage of this character. The K2 uses '@' to stop cw transmissions which means that there is more older software around which is in that way programmed. Not all programmers are willing to update their software any longer and it would be a pity if these older software could no longer be used. Elecraft is certainly aware of this situation. From the programming side it is no big deal to implement this function in the KX3 firmware. It might have gone forgotten and is certainly not of high importance. But I hope Elecraft finds the time and is willing to finish the published menu points. 73, Gerald HB9CEY K2 #488, KX1 #2203, KX3 #0433 Am 28.04.2013 um 22:34 schrieb Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE): Should RUMped not use another control character instead? In my view @ has a valid morse code counterpart (.--.-.) so should be sent as is in text? 73, Peter Op 2013-04-28 22:19 schreef Gerald Eberle: The '@' character can't be chosen to stop cw transmitting. This makes software like RUMped unusable for cw activity with the KX3 as the '@' is just sent as part of the text. Will this function be available in the near future? 73, Gerald HB9CEY __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
We're hitting the posting limit on this thread. lets close it at this time. 73, Eric List Moderator elecraft.com _..._ On Apr 28, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com wrote: In my emergency go kit I have adapters to convert the SMA-F on my FT-60 to: UHF-F BNC-F N-F and N-M In addition the Little Tarheel antenna mount in the 4Runner which is a Diamond K400 has mini-UHF connectors. Sometimes I think that some manufacturers invent a new connector type to lock their users in, or at least corner the market in adapters. I'm sure Apple does that and since Phil Parrish - W4AIN www.myhamcables.com could not find the 7 pin microphone connector used by my Yaesu FTM-10R or even order one from Yaesu, I think Yaesu does it as well. I'm happy when I already have the adapters I need for a new piece of equipment. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 4/28/13 at 6:12 AM, picmas...@mail.bg wrote: Practically all types of connectors can be (and have been) used for our amateur radio purposes with more than acceptable results. --- Bill Frantz|Security, like correctness, is| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |not an add-on feature. - Attr-| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |ibuted to Andrew Tanenbaum| Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
Jim, Yes, I think that is the correct description. I never could remember the Scotch number. It is superior to using coax seal and comes off with a simple slice of a razor knife. Scotch-70 is very expensive. Scotch-88 is OK but Scotch-33+ seems more flexible in cold temps. Tywrap idea good. I used them in general for securing cables. ThomasBetts brand Tywrap copyrighted name are the only plastic ties found to survive -50F temps without breaking. The cheap brands just snap in temps of about zero F. If running heavy cable runs then using tywraps with a metal band is better. But must be cushioned to keep metal from digging into cable insulation. Those of us that have worked professionally in AK know these details and learned there are no shortcuts. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 12:06 PM 4/28/2013, you wrote: Did you perhaps mean Scotch #70 self-fusing silicon rubber tape? I have used it for years to seal connections, never opened one (after up to 25 years of service) that looked anything other than brand new. Expensive, but it works like nothing else. When properly installed and over-wrapped with either Scotch 88 or Scotch 33+, connections become next to invulnerable. Hint: Put a black ty-wrap over the end(s) of the over-wrap tape to keep it from working loose in wind and weather. - Jim, KL7CC On 4/28/2013 11:02 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: Just one more comment on this topic: Ron addressed marine use. My former job of 15-years was working as lead electronic tech for an oil spill recovery organization whose primary region of operation is Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska (200 by 30 mile body of salt water). Electronics installed on boats ranging from 25-foot to 210-foot provided an excellent outdoor laboratory for testing cables and connections. Anything exposed would corrode within three years. I sealed coax connectors of all types by using a gray annealing tape from 3M (Scotch 30, I believe) which was covered with a double wrap of Scotch-33+. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 PA temp acting up
Thanks for the try Tom. No it is not transmitting. In fact, it is even weirder than that, the finals heat up while the radio is turned off. It draws 2 amps when off. Buck k4ia K3 # 101 KX3 #715 On 4/27/2013 7:43 PM, Tom H Childers wrote: Howdy Buck, The first thing that comes to mind is that a strait key has something on top of it, but I sure you checked that. Is it possible that there is a short in a keying circuit or maybe a foot switch that has something on it or is shorted out while the rig is set in the CW mode? I don't think having either situation could cause transmit unless the rig is in CW or data mode. Is the TX LED lit up? Good luck finding it... 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:11:17 -0400, Buck k4ia k...@aol.com wrote: Left the receiver on overnight and when I came down this morning I could hear the fan running. That's odd. PA TEMP 45 If I turn off the power, the finals still heat up and when I turn the power back on the HI TEMP warning activates, power is reduced and the PA TEMP reads 105. Only way to cool it down is to unplug the power. Any ideas? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
I'm in the LiFePO4 camp as well. I use a pair of LiFe Source 6.6V 3200mAh batteries with a Y-cable from the stock connectors to power poles. I have the pair of them velcro'd together into a nice tight package. I charge them (each pack individually) with my balancing charger. When not in use, they can go into use with my RC hobby. I've used them in the field several times and they've been great. I've got some of the same in the 2100mAh flavor, which I might rig up for field day. Now, a solar charger... Tighe NK4I On 4/26/13 4:07 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: On 4/26/2013 9:39 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: 1. External battery I need something that will fit into the bottom of the Strobe Stuff bag. It should supply at least 11 V, and I'd prefer 4 to 5 AH, though I could get by with 3 AH and switch to the internal AAs later if necessary. Has any consensus formed about specific Li battery packs in this class? Ideal max size would be 1x3x2.5 (HWD). I use a 4Ah LiFePO4 A123 pack for SOTA activations and other field events [QRPTTF tomorrow] with my K2. It weighs about 400gm, and is pretty close to your size spec above. Fully charged, it starts out at about 12.4V which drops to 11.7 in a very short time. The discharge curve is flat thereafter until just before depletion when it drops rapidly. Be sure and fuse the power leads, the thing will produce about 30-40C into a short. :-) The SOTA rule requires that the final access to the summit be non-motorized. They are deliberately vague to be inclusive for those with physical limitations [like me]. My current SOTA rig is the K2, a tiny Am Morse Equip paddle on the clipboard I log on, the above battery, and an AlexLoop. My KX1, 900mAh Li-poly model plane battery, and 28 foot wire made by pulling the center conductor out of a piece of RG-58 is the backup. It all fits in my back pack and I can either park and hike to the summit, or park there, hike down a bit and back up. Net weight of rig is probably about 3kg. 2. Logging I actually like paper logging in the field. It's kind of a Zen thing, checking dupe sheets manually (Griffin is old enough to help with this, too). But are there any good FD apps for the iPhone? I need the iPhone anyway so it doesn't count towards the station weight total. If there's an app that's easy to use for this, I'd love to try it. Heck, I'd even pay for it. I have one on my Android called SOTA Logger but I don't think it does dupe checking. I've actually never used it, paper/pen works just fine. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
I've been using some 80lb test spectra braided fishing line. Very thin, light weight, and doesn't tangle like traditional fishing line. Tighe NK4I On 4/27/13 12:56 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: It turns out that there is a kind of rope designed precisely for this -- the throw lines used by arborists. It is very light and is slippery so that it does not get caught in trees. http://www.wesspur.com/throw-line/zing-it-throw-line.html wunder K6WRU On Apr 27, 2013, at 8:09 AM, K7JLTextra wrote: I use unwaxed dental floss for antenna support lines. Very light weight, very strong, inexpensive and readily available. John Hendricks K7JLT former AL7OK __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, do we want to establish the 4# figure as it? Seems that anything under 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit light weight. It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a class for every pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could weight some light configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then determine classes from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very much. ...robert On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote: Intriguing idea. In my case it will take the form of a lightweight psk-31 station. Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper). I will break the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31 program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3. I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power. Our club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of one of the members (might be KL7RA). Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and the same laptop. It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard deep-cycle marine battery. My antenna was a 20m mobile whip. I was set up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the first station running. Club name is the Moosehorn ARC. 73, Ed - KL7UW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB net results (4/21/13)
The uneven propagation this weekend contributed to a light net this morning, with 21 participants over a 20 minute period. John, N6JW, checked in after just coming home from completing a triathlon. Well done, John. Not much discussion today. Participants from the 4/28/13 net follow: Station NameQTH Rig S/N K4TMCaryVA K3 3448 W0CZKen ND K3 457 KM4IK Ian GA K3 281 K4GCJ Gerry NC K3 1597 W4RKS Jim AL K3 3618 N6JWJohnCA K3 936 KJ7YU RossUT KX3 1090 K7BRR BillAZ K3 5545 W7NMD Palmer AR K3 3779 K1NWBrian RI K3 4974 KL7UW Ed AK KX3 475 W4PFM PaulVA K3 1673 N6LEW Lew CA K3 3805 KF5IMA Bruce MS K2 3575 WB8ENE Art OH K3 4319 KE5VDT Roger TX K3 6054 W8OVDaveTX K3 3139 VE7NEX Ron BC TS480, KPA500 WB9JNZ EricIL FT990 (K3 in shop) K4QETonyNC K3 6478 NS7PPhilOR K3 1826 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Announcement : Four Days In May (FDIM) 2013 at Dayton, OH
'Four Days In May' or FDIM is now well established as one of the biggest events affiliated to the Dayton Hamvention. 2013 will be the 18th year for FDIM. We expect 400-500 visitors this year. It is organised by the 'QRP Amateur Radio Club International' - QRP ARCI. If you run a kiloWatt don't dismiss this QRP event - there is plenty of interest for everyone. Over the years our visitors have been treated to sneak previews of several Elecraft products (including the K3 and KX3) and, once again, our raffle prize is an Elecraft radio ! Full FDIM details are at www.qrparci.org/fdim We kick off with a day of seminars on Thursday 16 May Our speakers include Roy Lewallen W7EL, Rick Campbell KK7B and George Dobbs G3RJV. This is followed by a pizza party and Buildathon - we mentor those less experienced constructors and everyone will complete a construction project before the end of the evening. Thursday evening we have a presentation from Ten-Tec which is followed by our Vendor Evening - an ideal place to buy kits, components, antennas, paddles and complete transceivers. It's a busy evening, but exhibitors still find time to chat and answer questions. Friday evening is our QRP Club Night. Fun, games, socialising. QRP clubs, groups and email list members can use a table to promote their interests. Our famous Homebrew Competition is judged by everyone attending Club Night. The conference ends on Saturday night with a Grand Banquet, QRP Hall Of Fame Induction, prize draws and awards ceremonies. Our raffle prize is an Elecraft KX3. Door prizes include Begali paddles, a Buddipole, an AlexLoop antenna and dozens of others ! Events on Thursday and Friday evenings are free of charge. Tickets for the Seminars, Buildathon and Grand Banquet can be bought online. Everyone buying an online seminar ticket will be entered into a draw to win a Ten-Tec Argonaut VI. All those attending either the seminar or Banquet will have free entry into door prize draws with 1000's of $$ of prizes All of our events take place at the Holiday Inn, Fairborn which is just a few miles to the east of Dayton and around 20 minutes from the Hara Arena. Full details are at www.qrparci.org/fdim Please join us - all are welcome ! 73 Ken Evans, W4DU - President QRP ARCI Steve Fletcher, G4GXL - Vice-President QRP ARCI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
You could use the multiplier of 1 / 4# . A 1 pound total rig would land you a mult of 4x. Imagine getting down into the oz rig range; the multiplier would be very good for even a few contacts. It may get down to tapping wires to attain the least possible weight. Using one's own lunch to provide power would be extra. Remember to take a few limes along with the copper and zinc strips. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/28/2013 4:50 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote: I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, do we want to establish the 4# figure as it? Seems that anything under 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit light weight. It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a class for every pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could weight some light configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then determine classes from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very much. ...robert On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote: Intriguing idea. In my case it will take the form of a lightweight psk-31 station. Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper). I will break the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31 program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3. I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power. Our club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of one of the members (might be KL7RA). Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and the same laptop. It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard deep-cycle marine battery. My antenna was a 20m mobile whip. I was set up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the first station running. Club name is the Moosehorn ARC. 73, Ed - KL7UW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
I like the thought. But are you allowed to pick up stuff from the environment? I am currently at the New Hampshire QTH running my Small Wonder Labs PSK-20 (5W, 20M PSK only). It is probably lighter than a KX3 (for a lot less function). I am running it into a 2 element wire beam where the heavy pieces are made from wood cut on site. (For those who don't know NH, trees are weeds here. We try to keep the underbrush under control and I was able to cut two 2.5M spreaders from local weeds.) Carrying a 20M dipole + an extra piece of 11.11M wire seems in bounds for the light weight multiplier. (H. #36 wire antennas?...) I've been having a ball working Europe with 20 DXCCs in the log and great stories about the ones that got away. (The joys or QRP.) The big weight is the computer and power supply, which here is a wall wart, but could be a battery. I'll get to be OK on CW eventually and get really competitive. :-) Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 4/28/13 at 5:40 PM, kev...@coho.net (kevinr) wrote: You could use the multiplier of 1 / 4# . A 1 pound total rig would land you a mult of 4x. Imagine getting down into the oz rig range; the multiplier would be very good for even a few contacts. It may get down to tapping wires to attain the least possible weight. Using one's own lunch to provide power would be extra. Remember to take a few limes along with the copper and zinc strips. --- Bill Frantz| Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten 408-356-8506 | steadily worse. Now we have touchscreen keyboards. www.pwpconsult.com | Can we make something even worse? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
Lightweight and ultralight backpackers talk about the weights of the big three: shelter, sleep, and pack. Under three pounds for each is lightweight, under two pounds is ultralight. Total pack weight will be about double the weight of the big three. If you add a fourth category for technical gear (radio, photography, birding, ...) you could use the same levels. For example, I carry about four pounds of camera equipment on most backpacking trips. I make up for that with a 1.5 pound two-person tent. The four-pound challenge is a great idea, though I've switched to metric for packing lists because I have so much sub-ounce gear. Let's see, the Yamaha CM 500 is 300g, but the MH3 is 138g and the Apple earbuds are ??. Time to get out the scale. wunder K6WRU On Apr 28, 2013, at 5:40 PM, kevinr wrote: You could use the multiplier of 1 / 4# . A 1 pound total rig would land you a mult of 4x. Imagine getting down into the oz rig range; the multiplier would be very good for even a few contacts. It may get down to tapping wires to attain the least possible weight. Using one's own lunch to provide power would be extra. Remember to take a few limes along with the copper and zinc strips. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/28/2013 4:50 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote: I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, do we want to establish the 4# figure as it? Seems that anything under 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit light weight. It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a class for every pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could weight some light configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then determine classes from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very much. ...robert On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote: Intriguing idea. In my case it will take the form of a lightweight psk-31 station. Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper). I will break the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31 program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3. I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power. Our club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of one of the members (might be KL7RA). Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and the same laptop. It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard deep-cycle marine battery. My antenna was a 20m mobile whip. I was set up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the first station running. Club name is the Moosehorn ARC. 73, Ed - KL7UW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
I second Tighe's nomination of 80 lb Spectra (aka Dyneema) braided fishing line. Very light, very strong, and very slick. With a 3 oz weight (I won't say lead bank sinker on fear of being labeled a poisoner of the environment) on the end it passes through trees and to the ground like butter. You kind find 300 feet for about $7 on ebay in many different colors. Chip AE5KA On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Robert G Strickland rc...@verizon.netwrote: I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, do we want to establish the 4# figure as it? Seems that anything under 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit light weight. It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a class for every pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could weight some light configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then determine classes from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very much. ...robert On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote: Intriguing idea. In my case it will take the form of a lightweight psk-31 station. Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper). I will break the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31 program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3. I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power. Our club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of one of the members (might be KL7RA). Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and the same laptop. It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard deep-cycle marine battery. My antenna was a 20m mobile whip. I was set up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the first station running. Club name is the Moosehorn ARC. 73, Ed - KL7UW __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3/0
I have successfully remote controlled my station using Remote Rig, GHE Everywhere, and Digi Port Server for RS-232-to-ethernet. I find that I now miss the convenience of computerized logging where I just clicked on the DX spots and it tuned the radio to the correct frequency and mode. I used to have my band decoders also select the antennas, but I do that manually since I have multiple antennas for the same band. Does anybody have work around for hooking any computer logging programs to the K3/0 when the RS-232 port is used with the Remote Rig? 73, Dick, WN3R PS My current programs are TRX Manager, LOGic, and N1MM. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] FS: DX Engineering Vertical Fold-over Antenna
Hello, My place is being sold, so I needed to take down my vertical. It's up on eHam at http://www.eham.net/classifieds/detail/406530 You can see what it looked like before the take-down at my W3DVX page on http://QRZ.com If you know anybody who'd be interested, do share the eHam link. Thanks! Cheers, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX 570-478-0736 http://WilcoxEngineering.com http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 ... Elecraft Client Comments http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8841 ... Small Wonder Labs Comments http://WilcoxPublishing.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28062?ref=awilcox __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?
On 4/28/2013 4:50 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote: I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said, do we want to establish the 4# figure as it? Seems that anything under 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. Seems like anything you're willing to carry as far as you have to, often on foot and maybe in snow if you're a die hard SOTA activator, should be fine. I don't know the weights, but suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2 internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit light weight. There are no FD rewards for how much you and/or your gear weigh. [I say rewards because if you get points and they publish scores it would be a contest :-))]. It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a class for every pound under some figure Well, the QRP crowd, of which I'm one when doing a SOTA activations, seem to have made it work. Other than that, I think you're right, it's just an arbitrary number most everyone recognizes now, sort of like low power in contests is usually 100W or less. . That said, perhaps we could weight some light configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then determine classes from there. Try the Spartan Sprint. First Monday of each month. For tubby class you submit your total QSO's. For skinny class, you divide that number by the weight of your radio [everything between you and the antenna connector] in pounds. It's actually a lot of fun, tubby or skinny. Just haven't been able to get to it recently. The vast majority of hams are male, and the vast majority of males have a challenge gene on their Y-chromosome. What? You did it in five notes?, I can do it in four. I gave up on FD a number of years ago, partly because one of my obligations usually conflicted with it, unless the last weekend of June wasn't the 4th weekend, but really because I was tired of the old drill. That's no longer an issue for me, two years ago Rich, NU6T, and I did a dual FD and SOTA activation of Leviathan Peak. We had so much fun on the QRPTTF yesterday that I'm already thinking of a 4# challenge for FD. I'll bet I can beat Wayne. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org. :-)) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3/0
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Dick, WN3R wn3r...@gmail.com wrote: I have successfully remote controlled my station using Remote Rig, GHE Everywhere, and Digi Port Server for RS-232-to-ethernet. I find that I now miss the convenience of computerized logging where I just clicked on the DX spots and it tuned the radio to the correct frequency and mode. I used to have my band decoders also select the antennas, but I do that manually since I have multiple antennas for the same band. Does anybody have work around for hooking any computer logging programs to the K3/0 when the RS-232 port is used with the Remote Rig? There are two ways you can go about this. You can either connect to the COM1 port on the RRC box, or you can use a virtual COM port through a USB connection to the RRC. In either case, some configuration is needed in both RRC boxes, to route CAT traffic to/from that port. I don't a RRC setup to look at, but I have set it up in the past for someone else. I remember having to set the COM1 mode to Mode 7 on both ends, and Use USB Com Port as COM1 selects whether you want to use the DE-9 port on the RRC box or to go through a USB connection. There may be some other settings I'm forgetting that matter. It's somewhat covered on page 199 of the MicroBit manual... http://www.remoterig.com/downloads/RemoteRig_RRC1258-MkII_Users_manual.pdf 73, ~iain / N6ML __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS
This discussion is getting VERY far afield from the topic of connectors used on HF equipment. However, the analysis in this tome is rather flawed, which renders the conclusion the author draws misleading at best. The flaw is that the author measures the impedance bump at the connector, computes a quantity called mismatch loss that is fictional in most ham antenna systems, and decides that there is massive power loss in the system. Most of us who do anything serious on 2M and above use BNCs and Ns at those frequencies. But I've visited several big contesting stations built by very good engineers, and UHFconnectors are the weapon of choice. 73, Jim K9YC On 4/28/2013 2:31 PM, Rich - K1HTV wrote: In response to the Dick Knadle (K2RIW) article concerning UHF connector losses at VHF/UHF frequencies, local Fauquier Amateur Radio Association club member John Huggins, KX4O wrote: I challenge it because I did make the measurements... http://www.hamradio.me/connectors/uhf-connector-test-results.html John's test results and graphics make for even more interesting reading on the topic of UHF connectors. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS
Perhaps many Hams today do not realize that when the UHF connectors were developed (in the late 1930's IIRC) 30 MHz was UHF! 73 Ron AC7AC -Original Message- This discussion is getting VERY far afield from the topic of connectors used on HF equipment. However, the analysis in this tome is rather flawed, which renders the conclusion the author draws misleading at best. The flaw is that the author measures the impedance bump at the connector, computes a quantity called mismatch loss that is fictional in most ham antenna systems, and decides that there is massive power loss in the system. Most of us who do anything serious on 2M and above use BNCs and Ns at those frequencies. But I've visited several big contesting stations built by very good engineers, and UHFconnectors are the weapon of choice. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.comwrote: the analysis in this tome is rather flawed... == Agreed, Jim. Nonetheless, the measurements therein confirm that a UHF connector is as good as any other at frequencies of 144 or less. This started out as a discussion of the new Elecraft 100W amp, which operates only up to 50 mhz, a range where there is nothing to be gained by replacing UHF connectors with something else. By now it should be clear that if you are looking for a way to improve your signal by 1/4 db, there are probably other places in your shack or antenna system that are more likely to be fruitful than changing all your connectors. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 mods by I7SWX
I read the whole thing, too. It appears that the improvements are measurable... the only question is, Is it worth the trouble? It is obviously an awful lot of work. Another question one must answer is, Am I willing to accept the decrease in my K3's resale value? after you are done cutting traces on boards and so forth. Have you ever heard your K3 overloading due to strong signals? Would you even know what it sounded like if it were happening? If not, I doubt these mods are worth it. I'm sure there are cases where overload does occur but it isn't common. It would have been cool to hear recordings of the same signal on both K3s to hear the difference. Al W6LX Hi! I just read all about the I7SWX mods and I was wondering what Elecraft's point of view is in this? Are these mods really a major improvement? 73's Twan - PA0KV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] FS: Tektronix 11000 series Oscilloscope system
I need to downsize my workshop and while I really like these units, I have other scopes that duplicate their functions. So, I am offering a very complete and in excellent conditon Tek 11000 series system set up for $1,400 picked up in Alameda, CA or plus professional shipping costs to your location. The DSA602a, is heavy and should be professionally packed. The 11000 series is lab quality gear. If you are interested in exploring what the 11000 series can do, this is an opportunity to get a complete set-up of very good gear without having to search for the bits and pieces. Scopes DSA602A, serial # B051121. Option 4c (Extended Memory). This is a late serial number unit in superb condition. It passes all self and extended checks, the Sony trinitron color CRT is sharp and bright. I upgraded the firmware to the last issued version. I also have the original Service Reference manual, the User's Manual, the Tutorial, the Command Reference, and the Programmers Reference. This unit provides an extensive range of digital analysis and storage options, including automatic measurements and Fast Fourier Transforms to view signals in time and frequency domains. 11302A, serial #B02432. This is the microchannel analog scope in the 11000 range. Microchannel scopes use image intensification to allow viewing of very fast transients, that might otherwise be too dim. This unit is in very good shape without CRT burn. It is very bright (normally have to turn the brightness down from the default settings when using it). It also has the blank plug in that should be installed on the right hand side to promote correct airflow. The microchannel design allows viewing very fast transients that would be too dim for standard displays. Together, the two scopes cover general purpose work, waveform analysis, digital storage and transient (glitch) capture. These scopes use plug-ins that can be mixed and matched depending upon desired used. The DSA602A uses a maximum of 4 plug ins. The 11302a has three bays, but the right bay should have the blank installed for air flow. Plug-ins (3) 11A32 2 Channel, 400 Mhz 50 ohm/1meg ohm (1) 11A34 4 Channel, 300 Mhz 50 ohm/1 meg ohm (1) 11A33 Differential Comparator (1) 11A52 2 Channel, 650 Mhz 50 ohm (1) 11A72 2 Channel, 1GHz 50 ohm Probes (2) P6134c 400 Mhz, 1 meg ohm. Purchased by me new, still have orgininal vinyl pouches. Very little use. These are the standard probes for the DSA602A and 11302A. (1) P6135a Differential pair. The P6135a is a matched pair, but is missing the plastic screw on sleeve that goes over the tip on one of the probes. I have a number of spare sleeves, but mine are not the correct size. (1) P6156 3.5 Ghz 50 ohm probe, unused and in orginal Tek hard plastic case. The P6134c come with normal accessories in the original vinyl cases. -- Howard Ashcraft W1WF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 mods by I7SWX
Maybe Wayne might weigh in. I have only ecperienced an overload once. A mobile passing by decided to call me during a qso. I was not impressed. I would wonder what the tradeoff might be, if any. I will not be modifying my k3 anytime soon. If it aint' broke, don't mess with it. 73 Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 29/04/2013 1:48 PM, Al Lorona alor...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I read the whole thing, too. It appears that the improvements are measurable... the only question is, Is it worth the trouble? It is obviously an awful lot of work. Another question one must answer is, Am I willing to accept the decrease in my K3's resale value? after you are done cutting traces on boards and so forth. Have you ever heard your K3 overloading due to strong signals? Would you even know what it sounded like if it were happening? If not, I doubt these mods are worth it. I'm sure there are cases where overload does occur but it isn't common. It would have been cool to hear recordings of the same signal on both K3s to hear the difference. Al W6LX Hi! I just read all about the I7SWX mods and I was wondering what Elecraft's point of view is in this? Are these mods really a major improvement? 73's Twan - PA0KV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
